Cortisol response to cosyntropin administration in military veterans with or without posttraumatic stress disorder

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 151-158

  Golier, Julia A ^a,b   Caramanica, Kimberly ^a   Makotkine, Iouri ^a,b   Sher, Leo ^a,b   Yehuda, Rachel ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Cortisol; Cosyntropin; Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Veterans

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ACCURACY; ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; VETERAN;

ACTH; CORTISOL; COSYNTROPIN; POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD); VETERANS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; COSYNTROPIN; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PITUITARY-ADRENAL FUNCTION TESTS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84893423008     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.10.020     Document Type: Article

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